{"id":74140,"date":"2024-09-22T12:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T16:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=74140"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:22:20","slug":"worried-for-the-future-women-speak-out-against-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/worried-for-the-future-women-speak-out-against-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Worried For the Future, Women Speak Out Against Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='storyblock storyblock-normal'>\r\n<div id=\"block_6a45008cd1457bbdc9d83600de2763d1\" class=\"block-hero  tall-landscape\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"hero-image\">\r\n                    <div class=\"img-fluid\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7231.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n                <div class=\"hero-subheading below subheading-xl {{ black }}\">Generations of women share concerns about how climate change and extreme weather events will impact their loved ones&#039; lives. 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Superstorms, raging wildfires or destructive tornadoes prompt people to act in urgency. It\u2019s the \u201call hands on deck\u201d situation as survivors in the immediate aftermath must figure out what they are going to do next. Then there\u2019s the past. People can recall the damage of an extreme weather event years later \u2014 what they\u2019ve lost, what they\u2019ve gained and how it possibly changed their lives forever. And then the future awaits. It\u2019s an ever-present anxiety lingering in the minds of many who wonder when the next storm is coming, how they can prepare for it \u2014 some\u00a0doubting if they even can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, climate change encompasses all these time sequences. Whether in the past, present or future, it&#8217;s inescapable. As each year passes, the earth\u2019s temperature and sea levels rise \u2014 along with people\u2019s worries. But there\u2019s a group of climate activists who have witnessed the environmental catastrophes of the past, are dwelling on the future for their loved ones, and choose to use the present to spark a catalyst for change.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer, we spoke to women who took part in the months-long &#8220;Summer of Heat&#8221; protest in New York City. The movement aims to hold corporations, especially big banks that finance oil and gas projects, accountable for the damage caused by climate change. The women shared why they&#8217;re fighting so hard for the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_63bb58e4ccc8d5caa4d2b9b30c8176ef\" class=\"wp-block listicle alignwide\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">1<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Katherine_Keeney-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Katherine Keeney.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cI feel it&#039;s my job, and our job as elders, to protect our children.\u201d &#8211; Katherine Keeney, 69, Sacramento, California<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A California native, Keeney recalls living through the 1991 wildfires in Oakland and Berkeley Hills. What started as a small grass fire on private property grew into a firestorm spread by high winds and nearly-90-degree temperatures. Keeney and her then-3-year-old child had to evacuate their home. Keeney says since then, California continues to experience \u201chorrible fires,\u201d and that many who lived through the 1991 firestorm have post-traumatic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stress disorder. Many have seemingly erased the fires from their memory. Some \u201c3,000 homes were burned, and to me, this is like a bellwether, and people don&#8217;t even talk about it. Like it was no big deal.\u201d After becoming inspired by words from environmentalist Bill McKibben, she is now fighting for the futures of her loved ones. But a question continues to ring in the back of her mind every summer: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it gonna burn again?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">2<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Audrey_Kindred-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Audrey Kindred.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cThe nuclear problem was such an explosive picture in my mind \u2014 [the world] could end all at once. The feeling of climate change is like the slow-motion version of that.\u201d &#8211; Audrey Kindred, 59, Brooklyn, New York<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The climate crisis sparks unsettling feelings for Kindred, who grew up in the Atomic Age. During her college years, Kindred advocated against the use of nuclear weapons and called for nonviolence. That same feeling of impending doom Kindred experienced is visible in the children she works with at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ethical.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Society for Ethical Culture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a progressive nonprofit in New York City that promotes social justice, democracy and ethical relationships. \u201cThat apocalyptic feeling that your world could end is a terrible way to live,\u201d Kindred says. \u201cIt&#8217;s a terrible fright to hold. And I saw it with the climate movement.\u201d Inspired by Kenyan activist <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wangari Maathai, Kindred says youth represent the \u201cage of awakening consciousness.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> She adds, \u201cNone of us can live for just ourselves here. We have to live for a bigger picture.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">3<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Shanika_Anderson-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Shanika Anderson.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201c[My son] learned that the dinosaurs went extinct because of&#8230;how the asteroids changed the climate.  I want him to make that connection. If we don&#039;t do something about this, then human life and animal life will be in trouble once again.\u201d &#8211; Shanika Anderson, 41, Washington Heights, New York City<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a preschool teacher and a mother, Anderson often thinks about our children&#8217;s future. She routinely sees &#8220;alarming&#8221; news reports of extreme weather events happening around the world \u2014 including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/climate-change-boosted-deadly-saudi-haj-heat-by-25-c-scientists-say-2024-06-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the severe heat wave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Saudi Arabia that killed 1,300 in June.\u00a0 Anderson says she took her 4-year-old son, Sage, to a &#8220;Summer of Heat&#8221; protest outside Citibank in July, as children should be exposed to what&#8217;s happening.\u00a0 \u201cI&#8217;m always thinking about how these things\u2026impact me&#8230;but even more so for them,\u201d Anderson says.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">4<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chris_Stahl-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Chris Stahl.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cYou could just see these empty craters where there weren&#039;t any more glaciers, and then you get to the edge of a glacier that was drip, drip, drip, dripping away. So that made a big impression on me.\u201d &#8211; Chris Stahl, 74, Poughkeepsie, New York<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stahl took a hiking trip with her son to the Alps in France, and what she saw \u201cmade a dent\u201d in her awareness of climate change. Since 1850, the Alp\u2019s glaciers have lost up to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creamontblanc.org\/en\/climate-change-and-its-impacts-alps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their surface area due to climate change, according to the Research Center for Alpine Ecosystems. Stahl and her grandchildren joined the protest outside Citibank in July because, she says, \u201cit\u2019s their future.\u201d She continued, \u201cFor them to have a grasp of the situation, but also an idea that things are possible and that they can be involved in making a positive change \u2014 I think that&#8217;s important for kids.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">5<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Liat_Olenick-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Liat Olenick.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cHurricane Sandy happened my first year in the classroom, and our school closed down for a week. So, that was definitely like a moment that spurred me to think more about the climate crisis.\u201d &#8211; Liat Olenick, 38, Brooklyn, New York<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another major moment for Olenick that showcased the realities of the climate crisis was a 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which revealed that \u201cwe had 10 years left to save humanity,\u201d she says. Olenick, who is co-founder of Climate Families NYC, says the report pushed her into climate organizing. Then she gave birth to her son in 2022, which also \u201cinjected even more urgency into it for me.\u201d Olenick gathered families outside Citibank in July to ask the company to stop fossil fuel expansions that are \u201cpoisoning communities across the world and in the Gulf South,\u201d she says. To her, activism has no age limits. \u201cThere\u2019s a power in having\u2026grandparents, parents and kids come together,\u201d Olenick says. \u201cA lot of times, activism is dismissed as a youth thing [but] no, this is what all of us want and need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">6<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kate_Hull-1-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Kate Hull.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cI&#039;ve been watching what&#039;s happening to the climate for years. I&#039;m very, very worried about the future of young people who are going to really have to live through\u2026the loss of home and safety, and mass emigrations of people escaping disasters and chaos.\u201d &#8211; Kate Hull, 73, Greenwich Village, New York City<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having a strong awareness of extreme weather events around the world, Hull says the early arrival of Hurricane Beryl \u2014 a category 5 hurricane that wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, Mexico and the Gulf this summer \u2014 paired with rising temperatures, really stood out to her. While Hull wasn\u2019t \u201cscared into\u201d climate activism by any extreme weather event, \u201cit\u2019s something that\u2019s worried me as I see them over the years,\u201d she says. \u201cThe animals are having a terrible time,\u201d she adds. \u201cWe\u2019ve upset the whole balance of nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">7<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Karsen_Yama-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Karsen Yama.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cHow can you not have an &#039;aha&#039; moment when&#8230;every summer it&#039;s getting hotter and hotter and hotter?\u201d &#8211; Karsen Yama, Brooklyn, New York<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of a condition called <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">postural orthostatic tachycardia, Yama\u2019s daughter couldn\u2019t regulate heat in her body for five years. As a result, Yama had to pack a chilled vest\u00a0 for her daughter to keep cool \u2014 which was even more difficult due to rising temperatures. While her daughter \u2014 who is now 25 \u2014 has fully recovered, the continuous heat waves serve as a constant reminder to Yama about climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">8<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Claire_Schoen-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Claire Schoen.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cThere\u2019s always been tornadoes and always been mega fires, but now we have mega fires and we have tornadoes that are just wiping out whole communities.\u201d &#8211; Claire Schoen, 72, Berkeley, California<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A former audio journalist, Schoen has \u201cbeen wanting to save the planet one way or the other all my life,\u201d she says. Five years ago, she launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1000grandmothers.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1000 Grandmothers For Future Generations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an organization made up of senior women and allies addressing the climate crisis and systemic racism. After leading the group, which now has about 2,000 members, she pivoted to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xrebellion.nyc\/events\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extinction Rebellion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an organization that holds nonviolent, peaceful protests to address the climate crisis. Schoen often thinks about the future of not just her children, but her grandchildren, who are 4 years old, 2 years old, and 6 months old, and together provide another motivator in her climate activism work. \u201cIt&#8217;s what I&#8217;m gonna do for the rest of my life,\u201d Schoen says.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                  <div class=\"col-md-6 photo\">\n            <div class=\"number\">9<\/div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Deborah_Popper-525x700.jpg\"\/>\n                          <p class=\"caption\">Deborah Popper.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md-6 text\">\n          <h2>\u201cYou feel better about the world, even as you feel worse about the world, because you know other people are actually doing something.\u201d &#8211; Deborah Popper, 76, New York City<\/h2>\n          <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an expert in environmental geography, Popper says she\u2019s been \u201cthinking about climate change for a long time.\u201d While Popper is retired, she currently teaches a course at Princeton University about land-use issues that can have a negative impact on the environment, including the emission of carbon that fuels climate change. Throughout her career, a\u00a0 large amount of Popper\u2019s activism took place in the classroom while presenting issues to students \u201cwho have gone on to do really interesting work,\u201d she says. 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